MINGRAN JIA Apply for MLA Landscape Architecture Application number: 22112754 Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
MINGRAN JIA D.O.B.: 17/10/1999 Tel.: +86-15510580125 Email: 1824412143@qq.com Address: No.404, Block 27, Qinghe Yangguang Community South, Haidian District, Beijing, 100085, P.R.China
Educational Background
CONTENT
Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (GPA: 3.65 - Pending)
2018.09 - 2022.07
Academic Projects & Extracurricular Activities Head of College Students' Innovative Entrepreneurial Training Plan Program--"Xiangjian"
2021.04--Present
Participated in the 17th China-Japan-South Korea Landscape Architecture Design Competition
2020.09--2020.10
Class Commissary in Charge of Literature and Art in Beijing Forestry University
2018.09--Present
Secretary & Rights and Interests Commissioner in the Student Association
2018.09--2019.09
Honours Scholarship for Academic Progress in Beijing Forestry University
2020
Third-class Scholarship in Beijing Forestry University
2020
The Award for Nomination of China-Japan-South Korea Landscape Architecture Competition
2020
The Top Award of Destination Imagination in the Finals, China
2015
Lumion Enscape Grasshopper Premiere Vray Arcgis
02 Aerated Foam
A material exploration with aerated foam which applies an innovative way to design Year: 2021 Tutors: Yongjin Zhang, Shuwei Hao Individual work
Convert riverbanks into public spaces of cultural maintenance Year: 2021 Tutors: Yongjin Zhang, Shuwei Hao Individual work
04 Stress-relieving Plaza
Other Skills Drawing Photography
Optimize roadways not for cars but for people in the future Year: 2021 Tutors: Yongjin Zhang, Shuwei Hao Design:90% Concept and strategy: 50%
03 Reproduce Sound Of Mazu Culture
Computer Skills Autocad Rhino Photoshop Sketch up Illustrator Indesign Lightroom
01 Automated Public Transportation Reshapes Cities
Handcraftmodel
Redesign of the Zhongguancun plaza for stress-relieving Year: 2020 Tutors: Yongjin Zhang, Shuwei Hao Individual work
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" Automated Public Transportation Reshapes Cities "
Optimize roadways not for cars but for people in the future
With the development of 5G technology, our life will be interconnected with the network. For the early 21 century, the personal car has dominated that arena, shaping the streets and environments around it. But 5G technology enables cars to drive themselves by using sensor technologies and onboard computers. That means the automated vehicles can completely replace personal cars in the future, because they are safer and more efficient. This project imagines how we design the roadways, intersections and sidewalks if people use automated public transit everywhere.The land-based transit will aim at short-distance travel and automated vehicles could combine to form trains for rapid transit. The most obvious difference is significantly reduced lanes and wider sidewalk, which having a impact on surrounding land use and parcels. They will be transformed into green belts, parks or public space, changing not only how we move, but also how we live. Secondly, the new technologies to make lanes more flexible and give space back to birds or other small creatures whenever possible. Additionally, parking lots and parking garages could come obsolete. Then the land can become available for any number of uses. The project anticipates that streets will no longer be dangerous. They would be pleasant to walk around, conduciving to the types of welcoming urban space that encourage street life.
TRANSFER STATION
Can you imagine the traffic chaos and congestion here in the past, and the sound of car horns one after another?
Unimaginable! Nowadays, there is almost no need to wait to take the suspended express train through the transfer station. Wake up!
TRANSFER STATION
Slow and safe lanes designed for pedestrians
FIRST RIDE TO SCHOOL
SECOND RIDE TO COMMERCIAL AREA
Street Section in 2020
Sidewalk
Green Tidal Lane Belt
Lane
Green Belt
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Tidal Lane Green Belt
Sidewalk
Green Belt
Sidewalk
Street Section of Automated Vehicles
Sidewalk
Green Belt
Driverless Lane
Green Belt
Driverless Lane
Set up intensive pick-up/drop-off zones in commercial blocks
Redundant highways turned into green spaces Sidewalk
Green Belt
Tidal Lane Driverless Lane
Tidal lanes known as the most suitable spatial composite utilization method for current urban traffic schemes, has two ways to use. One is to leave space for road expansion in the morning and evening when the peak traffic volume is high, and the other is to leave green space during the low peak period to provide space for small creatures in the city.
Green Belt
Driverless Tidal Lane Lane
Green Belt
Sidewalk
I put on makeup for a while. Fortunately, the pick-up process was very smooth.
THIRD RIDE IN COMMERCIAL AREA
LAST RIDE TO COMMUNITY More pocket parks replace traditional parking-lots
Restaurant integrated with automatic food delivery service
The parking building is transformed into a shopping mall
MY TRIPS Increase automated vehicle tracks in the shopping mall for point-to-point mobility
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Automated service for drop-off/pickup reduces waiting time of customers
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Outdoor space expanded instead of parking lots 4 3
Remove community parking and extend sidewalk for public use
MATERIAL EXPERIMENT
Introduction
Aerated foam
This project, Aerated Foam, deales with a specific material. It's a mixture of water, glue, borax and glycerin. It is also known as a kind of gunge. This material has great stretchability and viscosity. When it is stretched to a certain extent, it will inject air, becoming more fluffy. This extracted product possesses elasticty and a cotton-like texture. This experiment aims to explore what kind of texture and shape can this material produce and made different construction. The project experiment with the aerated foam, combining it with borax and glycerin to adjust its hardness.
Ingredient Water, borax, glue and glycerin should be prepared before making this material. First, I mix the above four ingredients in equal proportions. Secondly, stir the mixture well until it becomes a white sticky substance. Then, due to the influence of different temperatures and climates, I will add either glycerol or borax to make the mixture sticky but not flowing. Finally, I imitate the action of making noodles and stretch the mixture dozens of times to make it fluffy. That's how I get the foam aerated.
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Aerated Foam Material exploration
GLUE
BORAX
GLYCERIN
AERATE
FOAM DETAILS
MATERIAL EXPERIMENT Method: Stretch diameter
The process of stretching the foam
First test the stretchability of the material. Put the material on the table, gently squeeze it with a plastic plate, and then slowly lift the plastic plate. The above process is recorded in the figure above. It can be observed that the material has good tensile properties, and the greater the tensile height, the smaller the diameter of the material. Firstly, the above experiments prove that materials can be well created and can be used in large scale situations. Secondly, the good tensile properties indicate that the material has a strong continuity ,so we can make the model with a single material.
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However, simple stretching is not enough to produce creative works, and more production methods need to be combined. How to shape is also a very important problem, need to use other ingredient to explore the best shaping method of foam materials.
Fixed Measures
Method still standing
add borax
cooling
add shaving-cream
Hardness
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Elasticity
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MATERIAL EXPERIMENT
STRUCTURE EXPERIMENT
Texture
Cube Framework
Aerated foam produces several different textures that can be clearly observed by simple stretching. The first one is a transparent film texture in which teeny bubbles are embedded. The second is a spider-web-like texture.The size of pores are random and there are evident differences beween single and multiple layers.The third type is a messy cotton wadding shape,which has the highest randomness and the most visually novel feature that gives a puffy texture of foam.
Having knew the base texture, I added frames to the foam. After I tried many forms,I found that square frames are the most stable and retain maximum texture clarity. All the resulting fragments have single or multi-layer texture, of which the reticular texture predominates. Because the location of texture generation cannot be completely controlled during the whole process, there is no identical fragment, which is extremely different from the previous parametric modeling. The foam production is more natural, reflecting the beauty of non-mechanization work.
Foam cube
DESIGN APPLICATION
DESIGN APPLICATION
Foam box
View platform
Taking all of the material research and design exploration into account, I decided to combine the previously design languages and integrate them together to form larger scale structures. Firstly I explored a idea of foam box, which is a kind of facilities of landscape provides rest space.
In addition to the foam box, I explored to combine the individual boxes into a public building. The facades frame the scenery outside, enabling the building to be an excellent viewpoint.
Front view
Perspective view
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" Reproduce Sound Of Mazu Culture "
Convert riverbanks into public spaces of cultural maintenance
Fuzhou is a coastal city of Fujian province, China. It on the north bank of the estuary of the Min River. People there have worshipped Mazu, a Chinese sea goddess, since ancient times. They believe that she roam the seas, protecting her believers from maritime disasters and blessing them with wealth. People in Fuzhou usually worship her in spring so they regard the sound of tides as Mazu's voice.
GENERAL PLAN Tianhou Temple
Hechao Bridge
Baima Bridge
Estuary
The Tianhou Temple was located in the river bend of Baima River, where loud noise sent out during the floodtime. People believed it was the blessing voice of "Mazu" the local patron saint, in ancient times. They call her "Tianhou" in Chinese, either. Then worshiping the Mazu became the custom of Fuzhou, and people still pray for peace and harvest when the tide rise.
"Hechao" means the collision of tides in Chinese. Hechao Bridge was built in Tang Dynasty. There is a recording in Annal of Fujian, saying that "The two tides are blowing and winding so an unque scene occured in the city."Today, the land around the Hechao Bridge is mainly residential area.
Ancient merchants in Fuzhou used to gather here. They traded or did other businiess aroud Baima Bridge. As Mazu's believers, they also regarded the sound of tides as her blessings. The sound near Baima Bridge was the loudest so people called it "Baima Tide".
In ancient times, the estuary was the largest place to see the tides and the loud crashing sound was regarded as the blessing of Mazu. Now there is a park where people can enjoy the beutiful scenes on Min river and other activities.
Mazu temple During the Qing Dynasty, Fuzhou merchants who were engaged in bussiness, prayed for the wealth here. This temple became a center for business groups and industries to discuss the city during business activities and exchange business information.
However, with the development of urbanization, hard revetment inadequately occupied riverbank.The river in Fuzhou is no longer dynamic, blocked by silt and waste. The sound of tides has disappeared as well. This project aims to convert the riverbank in Fuzhou into vibrant public spaces with cultural maintenance and tries to reproduce the sound of river, which memorize the Mazu Goddess and local culture.
FUJIAN CHINA
FUZHOU
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Fuzhou is a famous city, which has the splendid history. It is located in the lower reaches of the Min River. The sound of the tide that was once regarded as the bless of Mazu has disappeared in the development of urbanization. It is a great loss of heritage in Fuzhou, people are trying to figure out the methods to bring the sound back.
PROBLEM
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Urban flooding
River pollution
Urbanization
Heritage protection
Hard revetment
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Protection of heritage
Reproduce the sound
Creat riparian buffers: Plant grass, shrubs, and trees along the riverbanks. Buffers combat erosion by stabilizing banks and regulating stream flow, and they offer habitats to many animals and plant species.
Sound device: Build an innovative dam on the river which has special device to make sound. Instead of the electronic music, It make natural sound, which can become the new sign of Mazu blessing.
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Convert riverbanks
Since benefiting from the river, the whole city began prospering near the river.
Plants: The root systems of plants cling to the surrounding soil and create stability, reducing the amount of dirt which runs into rivers and gums up the works. The trees have some of the widest and deepest roots of all flora, and they help with greenhouse gas emissions to boot.
Flood barrier: The dam can solve the flooding problem efficiently, also protecting the heritage from the destruction of flood. This project aims to design a new dam that doesn't block the river.
PLANT CONFLGURATION ANALYSIS Tree
WATERFRONT Jan.
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Mazu Temple
Ornamental fruit Ornamental fruit Pittosporum tobira Radermachera sinica Bombax ceiba L. Samanea saman Populus simonii Metasequoia glyptostroboides Hu & W. C. Cheng Taxodium distichum var. imbricatum (Nuttall) Croom Washingtonia filifera Cassia fistula L. Mangifera indica L. Ficus microcarpa Linn. f. Cinnamomum camphora Caryota ochlandra Hance Livistona chinensis (Jacq.) R. Br. Ceiba speciosa St.Hih. Sapium sebiferum (L.) Roxb.
Shrub
Roadside tree Ornamental fruit
Estuary view
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Ornamental fruit Ornamental fruit
Photinia serratifolia Mahonia fortunei Hamelia patens Jacq. Ligustrum lucidum Murraya paniculata (L.) Jack. Bougainvillea spectabilis Willd. Lantana camara L. Plumeria rubra Loropetalum chinense Rhododendron simsii
Herb
Ornamental fruit
Ornamental fruit
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Aquatic plant Farfugrium japonicum Alocasia macrorrhiza (L.) Schott Neomarica gracilis (Herb.) Sprague Hymenocallis littoralis Oxalis corymbosa DC. Campanula medium L. Callitriche palustris L.
Aquatic plant
Aquatic plant
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Baima Bridge
Tianhou Temple
Co-tide Bridge
Estuary
STRATEGY
STRATEGY Diverging-flow dam
Exterior design The design of the shape of dams refers to the tesla valve.It' s also called a valvular conduit, a fixed-geometry passive check valve, producing a diodicity which leads to a difference in velocity for the different directions of the flow.
First flow
Secondary flow
Interior design
Vortices
① Stream
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Air flow
Stream Outlet
For diverging flows,the pressure will increase along the flow. The pressure increase is called an adverse pressure gradient condition. As the pressure increases along the flow, fluid particle decelerates along the length And after a particular length, flow reversal could occur.
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Outlet
Left intake
Decreasing velocity
① : Air waves resonate in the resonator, depending on its length.
Air
Primary flow
② : The flow of air in the resonator contracts to pass through the whistle, forming a jet.
Piston
③ : The waves grow on the unstable jet in response to the sound waves in the resonator.
Left intake
When Applying this form to dams, it can effectively reduce the velocity of flow and reduce the risk of flooding.
Holed wall
Sound Spectrum
It's known that a sound wave has five features --wavelength, time-period, amplitude, speed and frequency. The higher the frequency waves oscillate,the higher the pitch of sound we hear. The frequency of the sound is determined by the way in which sound waves oscillate whilst traveling to our ears. The device adopts the principle of the whistle Holes of different sizes are made on the wall facing the water. When the air resonates through the pores, sound waves of different oscillation frequencies are generated. It means that sounds of different tones are produced.
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To prove the feasibility of this method, I tried making perforated straight plates of different sizes, flushing them with the same flow rate of water, then recording the resulting sound. Computer software was then used to analyse their spectrum and waveforms, which reveals significant differences in pore sizes. This can suggest that, to some extent, the holed walls can make sound.
Fan
Resonator
④ : The waves on the internal jet hit the holed wall causing vortices to form in the jet outside the whistle. Vortices radiate sound at the different frequency of the sound waves, leading to the whistling noise we hear.
Whistle
Float
Sound volume Spring ebb 70 dB
Normal flow 50 dB
Neap flood 30 dB
Based on the above conclusions, the dam is applied to holed exterior wall which face the river.
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This is the first step in reproducing the river sound.
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The maximum current speed of the river occurs during spring ebb, and the minimum one occurs during neap flood.This means that the dams in different periods will produce different decibels of sound.
SOUND DAM AT BAIMA BRIDGE
Maximum water level: 5.1m
Minimum water level: 1m
AIR WHISTLE WAVE
SOUND
Activity Platform Riverside Terrace Promenade Sound Wall Float
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“ Stressrelieving Plaza ”
Renovation of Zhongguancun Square for relieving stress.
The Zhongguancun Plaza is located in Zhongguancun Haidian District, Beijing. It's a vital regional core location where innovative industries gather in Haidian District. Because the surrounding traffic is developed well and there are many colleges and universities, it has gradually become the educational center of Haidian District, including hundreds of educational institutions. Here you can see not only the tourists who come to shop, but also the employees and students of the company under great pressure. This design aims to relieve the pressure of students and youth groups through landscape transformation. In order to obtain real data, the design survey adopts the method of questionnaires to collect people's opinion, including their stress levels and ways to relieve stress. According to the existing research foundation of psychology and sociology,the design of plaza combines with the results obtained by data statistics. Different functional blocks correspond to the decompression methods required by the main population.
SITE ANALYSIS
INTERVIEW
:I think sleeping is the best way to relieve stress. Now I really want to sleep.
The Phoenix Mountain
The Zhongguancun Plaza is located in Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing. Haidian is a district that has the most educational resource all over Beijing. Most of the key universities are located in Zhongguancun. It also an essiential region that lead science and technology industries to develop in Beijing so there are lots of innovative companies in Zhongguancun. People study or work here are under varying degrees of stress.
:I felt bored and sneaked out to buy something to eat and take a break by the way. I feel that the best way to reduce stress is to eat. And it's kind of boring to take a walk on the street. I would like to hang out in a park.
:I like to relie:We are under a ve stress by watch- lot of pressure at work ing movies. and we only take a bMy work is not very reak to take a cigarette. tired,so I'm usually I hope there will be a not stressful. park in the future. Xiangshan Park :I am so stressful everyday. Smoking is the only way for me to relieve stress. And I can't go too far away from this company, my break time is limited.
Green Lake Nat'l. City Wetland Park
Baiwangshan Forest Park
:I always come here to skate. College life is stressful and I relieve my stress by skating. I hope they can build a skate park here,I will come everyday.
Zhongguancun Yongfeng HiTech Technology Industrial Base
Zhongguancun Science Park
:I think smoking is a relief. Doing things that cost money will increase stress.
:I think exercise can relieve stress, and I usually like to exercise at school.
Zhongguancun Software Park
:I think listen to music can relieve stress. Besides, I also like swimming. Swimming can relieve stress as well. I don't find much area to exercise here.
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:I don’t feel much stress. Basketball is my hobby, and sports are good for my health. I sometimes play around here with my friends.
:My stress is not too huge, but quite often it is boring. I want to lie down and have a rest but have not been offered this condition.
:I think taking a walk would relieve stress. Most of my stress from tough task during work time and I have little time to relax.
:I really love animals, such as cats, dogs. So play with them can relieve my stress.
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In oreder to obtain the accurate information, the study approach included literature review, interview, questionnaire survey, data collection and analysis. 290 The questionnaires found which groups are active in this site and to find where their stress come from and how they re-lieve the stress. 90
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The restorative environment is a nutural setting that rejuvenates a person and can help restore depleted attention resources or reduce emotional and psychophysiological stress. There are some previous research about significant features to build restorative environment.
Sports Equipment
Bar
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Previous research about restorative environment
What space do you hope to add nearby?
White Collar College Students Security
Pop-up
Sports Park
Activate time:6pm-12pm What exercise can relieve your stress?
Come on, Calm on by Shma Company Limited
Cheerful colorful
Hiking
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Watch Movies
Seolhaeone by Y GROUP
Greener environment
Waterscape
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Current Urban Boundaries
Where does your stress come from?
Dynamic Area
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Family
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Entrance examination Test
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Room Escape
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Get a Job Overtime
Many people take walk in the evening There are many fairs at the plaza
Study
Study Work
Cycling
Emotional problem
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Sleep
Market competition
Jogging 50
Where does your work stress come from?
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Shopping 231
Yoga
Smoking Smoking
How did you relieve stress?
Sleeping
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Listen to Music
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Take a walk
Students and children have sport activities at the middle of the plaza
Exercise
Exercise
Some office workers sneak out and take a break nearby their companies
Music
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Food street The delivery man wait for the takeout at food street, taaking cigarettes Some people chat and take cigarette nearby the company
Play games
Play games
Fitness Additionally, as the Winter Olympics was held in Beijing which makes many people are interested in skiing or snowboarding and other winter sports gams.
Play Games
Watch TV
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Trampoline 40
Take a walk Take a walk
Food street There are extensive restaurants in this area Many people gather at food street at noon
Skiing Play Basketball
Office workers surge into the block
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Play Badminton
8:40
Play games
People who have a lunch break take part in various activities at the plaza
Drinking 69
Music
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Daze
Pedestrian Mall The most vibrant street among the block
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Employment
Salary
Student 5% Tedious Work assignment Undergraduate Delivery man 31.7% 21.7% Security Competition Superior White Collar 2% with Classmates 40%
Economic income
Economic income
Dance
Where does your study stress come from?
Activate time:12am-3pm& 5pm-10pm
The timeline of active area in Zhongguancun
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Jogging and hiking are also chosen by a large number of people. Among the competitive sports, playing basketball and badminton are suggested that they can recharge people's batteries.
Exerciese
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As the sports is the first choice for the majority of people, there are some questions about which exercise they are in favor. Most of the people are interested in strolling.
Activate time:12am-10pm
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Smoking
Activate time:1pm-2pm& 6pm-12pm
Activate time:6pm-10pm
Emotional Vent Room
Based on the results, enable people to improve mental 180 state and to improve the Music station plaza to be more dynamic. According to results of valid questionnaires, 190 it can be knoExhibition wn that sport courts are in urgent neVisit Exhibition ed. What's 110 Meditation more, the Space block also has a large number of delivery 220 Animal shelter men, who Singing are highly mobile, so they are keen for scattered rest space,where they can sleep or take a cigarette. Drinking Besides, it shows that listening to music is a effective way.
Delivery Man
Students
The subway station is the main transport in Zhongguancun area
Singing
Drinking
Drinking
Drinking
MASTER PLAN Legend
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1. Ribbon pool 2. Footbridge 3. Sandpit 4. Basketball court 5. Dancing square 6. Flower field 7. Joy forest 8. Sports square 9. Music square 10.Tranquil forest 11.Outdoor ice rink 12.Sinking plaza
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13. Transformer station 14. Department 15. Sinosteel company 16. Creative commune 17. New oriental building 18. Microsoft building 19. Aoxin bank 20. Food court 21. EC mall 22. Microsoft building 23. T.C. science and tech. 24. Office building
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The tube draws a corner of contemplation, providing a place for resting on the plaza. It also frames and highlights the beauty of the nature.
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